单词	officiousness
释义	officiousof‧fi‧cious /əˈfɪʃəs/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES an officious guard at the security desk I got held up by an officious receptionist who wouldn't let me in until I'd answered all her questions. The people at the tax department were very officious, and kept everyone waiting for hours while they checked their papers. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All those dreary councillors and their officious bureaucrats deserve to be humbled. Back in the car park, I found that an officious traffic warden had decided to make my day. Fabio raised it, ironically, but Sergio was already back in the kitchen, doing something officious with the salad dressing. Firmness, she thought, was the only way to deal with the officious little man. He felt shamed and humiliated by the officious treatment he received at the hands of the pompous men at Immigration. If he hadn't been an incredibly brainy person he would have been an officious one-eyed council clerk or something. Why, we wonder, were Darlington police so officious over this? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorenjoying telling people what to do► bossy always telling people what to do, especially when you have no authority to do so: · She found Molly to be bossy and interfering.· "You can't wear that hat," said Monica in her usual bossy voice. ► dictatorial someone who is dictatorial uses their power in an unreasonable way by always telling people what to do or what is correct, and ignoring their wishes or views: · His attitude has become increasingly dictatorial.· The Ministry of Trade was yesterday accused of being dictatorial in its plans for a new motorway in Kent. ► officious someone who is officious , especially an unimportant official, is too eager to tell people what they must do and pays too much attention to unimportant rules: · The people at the tax department were very officious, and kept everyone waiting for hours while they checked their papers.· I got held up by an officious receptionist who wouldn't let me in until I'd answered all her questions. ► overbearing someone who is overbearing has an unpleasant and threatening manner, as if they want to control you and expect to be obeyed, and refuses to listen to other people's opinions and arguments: · The manager can be very overbearing at times, and it's difficult to argue with him.· His wife felt stifled in the presence of her overbearing mother-in-law. Word family WORD FAMILYnounofficeofficerofficialofficialdomofficialeseofficiousnessadjectiveofficial ≠ unofficialofficiousadverbofficially ≠ unofficiallyofficiouslyverbofficiate too eager to tell people what to do – used to show disapproval:  an officious traffic warden—officiously adverb—officiousness noun [uncountable]
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